It's still not done, (and I still haven't listened to the last three episodes😭😭). I am going to rework the hand on the far left because it kinda looks ai generated, BUT otherwise I am so proud of myself so far. I would love any tips or ideas to improve this, especially for the ground under the panopticon, but any suggestions are welcome. Close ups are under the cut!
It's still not done, (and I still haven't listened to the last three episodes😭😭). I am going to rework the hand on the far left because it kinda looks ai generated, BUT otherwise I am so proud of myself so far. I would love any tips or ideas to improve this, especially for the ground under the panopticon, but any suggestions are welcome. Close ups are under the cut!
It's been two weeks and I still haven't listened to the last three episodes, cuz I know my boys and probably also my girls aren't making it, like they have been together for four business days and have been about as happy as this fuckass podcast will allow, it's going to be the most devastating bullshit that will leave me in a coma for a month 😭😭😭😭
Guys I just finished ep 180 and HSJSJSJSJSEHJDBHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEEHHE THEY ARE SO CUTE AND IN LOVE AND AAAAAAHHHHHHH I LOVE THEM!!!
I am so scared that something terrible is going to happen, like Scelaca is actually Mr. Spider and eats one of my boys while they're sleeping or something equally horrible, I'm so wary of any joy and love in my sadness and horror podcast.
I keep seeing some really awesome fanart of the eyepocalypse, and wanted to make my own!
Side note: clap for me cuz this is my first time ever putting my art on the Internet 🎉🎉
The pics are a little weird cuz my phone camera tends to oversaturate when I have my lamp on (it's tinted yellow so all of the photos in my room are orange) so I had to turn off the lights and use the flash
It's still a wip (obviously lol) and it's a little messy but I'm really proud of what I have so far, especially since this is my first time using gouache for something this big (or anything besides a few experiments in my sketchbook really).
I would love to get some tips from people who are better at gouache than I am (specifically on how to do storm clouds and fog, idk how to do that) or just anything lol!
Just wanted to talk about how cool tma is lol! I apologize if this is a little disorganized, it's mostly me vomiting my thoughts out
⚠️Note: I HAVE NOT FINISHED YET, NO SPOILERS PAST 176 PLS!! ⚠️
The thing I really like about Tma is how grey it is. It asks the questions of what does it mean to be human? what constitutes good and evil/what even is the difference? Do the ends justify the means, even if the means are genuinely horrific, and does that make you evil? Is it evil if your actions are in the name of survival? Basically none of the characters in tma are good people, they all do awful things, or things that can easily be Interpreted as awful, however, they aren't necessarily in the wrong.
Even with the fears, are they genuinely evil, or are they only evil because they exist of off human terror? If there was a fear god that fed off of the agony and horror that an ant or a fly feels, is that evil, or is it only evil when it's against us? To try and avoid the risk of being misunderstood, I'm not suggesting the apocalypse and horrible gods that feast on our suffering is a good thing, I'm just saying it's something to think about, because there is no definite answer.
Is Jon a bad person for needing the fear of other people to live? Is he inherently a bad person if in his feeding results in the further suffering of people, is it bad that his continued life provides more suffering, and is it an evil and selfish action for him to want to keep living?
Daisy has killed dozens of people, in the name of justice sure, but to my understanding, more than a few of them were innocent, or unwilling/unknowing pawns to a game they didn't know that they were apart of. Is Daisy's regret and starvation enough to make up for it?
Is Martin a bad person for his thirst for revenge, does his lack of being able to see the grey areas of their situation make him bad? What about his unintentional dehumanization of Jon through wanting him to be a killing machine despite the fact that killing the avatars does little to absolutely nothing? Was he a willing factor in Lukas's plan and does his participation make him bad?
What about Gertrude? Are the things she's done evil, or are they okay because it was for the greater survival of the world? Does it change because her preparations turned out to be for nothing?
On a more real life note and the extinction: Is everyone who doesn't actively participate in the prevention of the end of the world a bad person? Yes in a lot of apocalypse scenarios that the extinction deals with it's the upper echelons of society that causes the problems, however are the cogs in the machine (the working class) evil for still turning? Are we evil for having the knowledge of massive systemic issues, and not exercising however miniscule power we have to change it? Or is it okay because we are all trapped? Are we bad for being afraid of the system meant to stomp and kill any and all attempts of revolution/are we evil for being among the masses with our heads down?
There are a dozen more instances of this, but this post is already a wall of text, and my mind is starting to wander lol. I would love to hear everyone else's analysis in the notes!
Tldr: Humans and human emotion and thoughts are complicated and messy, and I adore Tma for being a space for those questions to be asked. And I adore it for its purpose not being to provide answers, but create a space for the audience to come up with the answers themselves, in which there isn't necessarily a right or wrong one, and that's fine. If you all want a post where I talk about what I think the answers are let me know!
EVIL FUCKING HOMOPHOBIC BASTARD JHONA MAGNUS I HATE HIME I HATE HIM PLEASE DIE SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY PLEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEE HDJSKSKKAJJSBSBSNA: "Hello Jon, apologies for the deception"
I just started 160 (about 5 minutes in), YYYYY6YYYYAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEHHHHHHHH MY BOYS ARE HAPPY AND SAFE AND IN LOVE AND THEY ARE OKAY AND THEY GOT OUT AND AAAAAHHHHHH ITS WAS ALL WORTH IT I LOVE THIS SHOW AND IM IGNORING THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 40 MORE EPISODES BECAUSE NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN, THEY GOT THEIR HAPPILY EVER AFTER, THE REST IS GOOD FLUFF, AND IF ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS IM GOING TO EXPLODE
I just started 160 (about 5 minutes in), YYYYY6YYYYAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEHHHHHHHH MY BOYS ARE HAPPY AND SAFE AND IN LOVE AND THEY ARE OKAY AND THEY GOT OUT AND AAAAAHHHHHH ITS WAS ALL WORTH IT I LOVE THIS SHOW AND IM IGNORING THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 40 MORE EPISODES BECAUSE NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN, THEY GOT THEIR HAPPILY EVER AFTER, THE REST IS GOOD FLUFF, AND IF ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS IM GOING TO EXPLODE
First time listening to the Magnus Archives (I'm on ep 33) it's great, I'm loving it and don't get me wrong I love Jon, but also I have no idea why the hell people are shipping him with Martin. Jon is such an ass and he's always throwing shade at Martin. Martain deserves so much better. Idk, maybe that will change later but right now, I just don't get it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 (no spoilers in the notes pls!!)
Hang on chat I just gotta rant a little, I just finished ep 146,(pls no spoilers!!!) tell me why Jon is getting ALLL of the blame!!!???
Like okay, obviously eating peoples fear and causing them to have constant and vivid nightmares for the rest of their life is bad, but FIRST OF ALL
-Daisy being influenced by the hunt involved her actually murdering people, but all we hear from Basira and Meline is "ooohhh but Daisy feels bad about it and is trying not to 🥺🥺" like sure, she wasn't aware of the hunt like Jon is of the eye, but SHES STILL DOING MURDER!!!!!????? HELLO!!???? she's killed probably dozens of people (pls correct me if I'm wrong, I don't remember if they ever said an exact number) and it's okay, Jon eats the trauma of 5 people and it's the worst thing imaginable!!!??
-Basira. Come on dude I thought you were cool earlier!! She's always like "oh Jon needs to get more okay with doing monster stuff" "Jon needs to grow a spine and be more like Gertrude since she is a soooo much better Archivist"
Jon: *does a monster thing or something Gertrude would 1000% do*
Basira: "ew no, you are the worst, you are a monster and I hate you >:("
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!!!!!!!!??????
-Melanie, I have so much beef with Melanie. First of all, being influenced by the slaughter and doing fucked up shit gets totally excused, she doesn't even feel bad about it!! Jon does everything in his power to help her, removes the evil bullet, gets stabbed (barely mentions it btw, all we hear from him about it is "I hope Melanie is getting better, I'm glad she's getting therapy") like yeah, I get being pissed at your coworker for surprise tibia surgery when you are sleeping, but I would probably get over it BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EVIL BULLET MAKING ME DO EVIL STUFF!!!??? ALSO she blames Jon entirely for her being there WHEN HE WASN'T IN THE ROOM WHEN SHE WAS HIRED!!!!!!!!!! MARTIN AND TIM (rip king, I hope the kayaking trip is fun) ACTIVELY TRIED TO WARN HER OFF, BUT SHES BITCHING ABOUT IT BEING JONS FAULT!!!!!?????? Also, she is friends with Helen, an entity that blatently eats innocent people, trapping them in endless corridors until they go crazy and die and show zero remorse for it at all, but Jon has a little trauma snack and she's all "you are actually the worst scum to exist" LEAVE MY BOY ALONE, YOU CAN NOT BE TALKING!!!! She pisses me off so much omfg
-Georgie, you say you want the best for Jon, and then refuse to do anything at all that might help him in the slightest, and Jon is actively trying to ease her worry, and she is disappointed in him when he's lying about his health, but refuses to help when he wants to talk!!!???
I'm not saying that what Jon is doing is good, but compared to the others actions, he's positively tame, and it's just really really frustrating hearing Jon get constantly attacked for everything he does, despite actively risking his life to help and save the others (he went into the fucking buried to get Daisy, not even a thank you, or recognition for doing that). I need a fic where Jon finally loses it, and gets some real fucking friends, a hug and good cry with safe people because good god.
First time listening to the Magnus Archives (I'm on ep 33) it's great, I'm loving it and don't get me wrong I love Jon, but also I have no idea why the hell people are shipping him with Martin. Jon is such an ass and he's always throwing shade at Martin. Martain deserves so much better. Idk, maybe that will change later but right now, I just don't get it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 (no spoilers in the notes pls!!)
Guys I'm gonna be so fr the prospect of this ship is progressively getting worse. He is so paranoid, and stalking his coworkers and is really REALLY bad at it. I'm not saying to not torture the sad British man, please continue, it's deeply entertaining, but Martin dose NOT deserve to put up with this bs, I am not seeing the vision 😒😒
First time listening to the Magnus Archives (I'm on ep 33) it's great, I'm loving it and don't get me wrong I love Jon, but also I have no idea why the hell people are shipping him with Martin. Jon is such an ass and he's always throwing shade at Martin. Martain deserves so much better. Idk, maybe that will change later but right now, I just don't get it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 (no spoilers in the notes pls!!)
It's been a while since I've shown more of my builds, so here's a whole bunch I made! Tumblr only allows 10 images per post, so I'll reblog this with more.
I'm just going in order of biomes, not chronologically of how I built the, and some of these are in different worlds.